An attorney for Yanez has said his client pulled Castile over because the vehicle he was driving had a broken tail light and because Castile looked like a suspect in a recent nearby armed robbery.

Castile and Ms. Diamond Reynolds (Facebook video uploader) were pulled over by police because Castile matched a BOLO Alert for an armed robbery suspect from four days prior.

Philando Castile was stopped by St. Anthony Officer Jeronimo Yanez because Officer Yanez had suspected Castile of being involved in a convenience store robbery that had occurred several days earlier.